Hospitals selected to participate in a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services program may hope for a quick boon to the bottom line, but the program's real rewards may not come entirely in the form of direct reimbursements, nor may they come immediately. [Read More]

March 9, 2011

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Feds: 92% of Nursing Homes Staffed By Criminals
A staggering number of U.S. nursing facilities employ at least one individual with a history of at least one criminal conviction, and one in 20 nursing home employees has one criminal conviction or more, says a report from the Office of Inspector General.
[Read More]Red Flag Ruling a Victory for Physicians, AMA SaysThe American Medical Association is applauding a federal appeals court's ruling that physicians who bill patients after providing services are not subject to Federal Trade Commission so-called red flag rules that apply to creditors.
[Read More]From 'Cookbook' to Evidence-Based Medicine
Evidence-based clinical practices are better not only for patient outcomes, but for healthcare costs as well. While it remains difficult to gather the large amounts of data necessary for best practices to be developed and refined, technology is leading the way forward.
[Read More]Webcast: Boost Market Share with Your Oncology Services Given the growing trend toward all-inclusive cancer centers, do you know how to differentiate your own oncology services to protect and grow your market share? Your oncology care is distinct. Its marketing should be, too. Join HealthLeaders Media on March 31 for this 90-minute Webcast, including Q&A and a case study, for valuable lessons from marketing leaders. [Read More]Rounds: Orthopedic Leadership Strategies: Engage, Measure, and Perform
Forward-thinking orthopedic leaders are ensuring high performance and coordination among a carefully constructed caregiver team. Those leaders are also exploring the right metrics to know whether the outcomes they are tracking are the most meaningful to patients. Join the executive and clinical leadership team from nationally renowned MemorialCare Health System and orthopedic innovator Marshall Steele, MD, on March 99 for a three-hour dive into essential orthopedic leadership strategy.
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Case Study: University College London Hospitals: UCLH had to adhere to the 18wkRTT requirements stated by the U.K. government. The BPM based Patient Tracking System (PTS) enabled them to better manage their clinical pathways and resources and also help improve patient experience by reducing uncertainty in the scheduling of treatments.

Discover, Interact, and Optimize for Smarter Healthcare with BPM Powered by Smart SOA: This IBM® RedguideTM describes one of the most significant challenges in healthcare today: the need for healthcare providers to effect patient care positively and proactively in the face of increasing patient load and information overload. IBM WebSphere® business process management (BPM) powered by smart service-oriented architecture (SOA), or BPM powered by Smart SOA, has the potential to maintain the medical common body of knowledge. It also makes critical, current data available to practitioners in a manner that is consistent with the evidence-based, event-driven environment to which healthcare aspires. BPM powered by Smart SOA can also automate healthcare provider administrative and care delivery processes.

For 31 years, David B. Nichols, MD, has been commuting once a week to Tangier Island, VA, piloting his own plane or helicopter. The 15-minute flight over the Chesapeake takes Nichols to an area where the residents have triple the rate of disease he has seen any place else. Now, as Nichols oversees final touches on the launch of a modern health clinic on the island, he actively faces his own mortality.[Listen Now]